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Order of the Day, November 30, 1944
Order of the Day, addressed to Marshal Mal-inovsky and Col.-Gen. Zakharov, announces that troops of the Second Ukrainian Front, continuing their offensive, on November 30, captured the towns of Eger and Szikszo, district: centres of Hungary, large communications junctions and important strongpoints in the enemy defences.
The Order mentions 21 commanders of troops, artillerymen, tankmen, airmen, sappers and signallers whose units and formations have distinguished themselves.
A salute of 12 salvoes was fired from 124 Moscow guns.
("Soviet War News Weekly," No.151)